The Leadership PinnacleJoseph Kessenich

Ohio University Center for Sports Administration

The Crux of Leadership

9 Crucial Steps to Reach Your Pinnacle:

9. Put Together the Right

Tools/Team

8. Set Your Route- Establish a Clear Vision

7. Thorough Communication

6. Confidence

5. Trust in Others

4. Be Adaptable

3. Push Yourself

2. Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

1. Help Others Reach Their Goals

9.

Putting Together the Right

Tools /Team

9.Putting Together the

Right Tools/Team

Climbing

Make sure to have the tools you need

Always have a back up

Leading

Assemble a complementary team

Understand different MBTI Types,

“Build the Bench”

8.

Set Your Route- Establish

a Clear Vision

8. Set the Route- Establish

a Clear Vision

Climbing

Survey the path before you climb, &

Visualize how you reach the top

Let others know the plan

Leading

Establish goals, & a Clear vision for

achievement

Communicate your vision to those involved

7.

Thorough Communication

7. Thorough

Communication

Climbing

Teams are communicating every step of the

way

Use “Calls” for efficiency

Leading

Effective communication is vital

Use feedback to help see the broader

picture

6.

Display Confidence

6. Display Confidence

Climbing

Believe in your abilities

Without confidence, a climb will end quickly.

Leading

Project consistent confidence in

yourself, and your vision

If confidence wavers, others will not fully

buy in

5.

Trust in Others

5. Trust in Others

Climbing

Trust the “Belayer”

They have your life in their hands.

Leading

Establish trust within the team

Delegate major responsibilities to those who

are prepared

4.

Be Adaptable

4. Be Adaptable

Climbing

Take what comes, and adapt

Things will not always go as planned

Leading

Be flexible in adjusting your style

When challenges arise, others may have a

better perspective

3.

Push Yourself

3. Push Yourself

Climbing

Take on new challenges, or you will never

get better

Leading

Don’t allow yourself, or the team, to

stagnate

Keep pushing to reach for new goals

2.

Get Outside Your Comfort

Zone

2.Get Outside Your

Comfort Zone

Climbing

Get yourself in awkward positions

Become a stronger, more flexible, and a

more complete climber.

Leading

Study other Psychological Types

Look to implement traits of other Types,

when useful

1.

Help Other Reach Their

Goals

1. Help Others Reach

Their Goals

Climbing

You can’t get to the top without help from

others

Pay it forward

Leading

Be Selfless

Enjoy contributing to others’ success, as

much, if not more than your own.

9 Crucial Steps-Review

9. Put Together the Right Tools/Team

8. Set Your Route- Establish a

Clear Vision

7. Thorough Communication

6. Confidence

5. Trust in Others

4. Be Adaptable

3. Push Yourself

2. Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

1. Help Others Reach Their

Goals

Leaving A Leadership

Legacy

We will leave a leadership legacy by

defining success not only through our

ability to reach our own goals, but

through our ability to help others reach

theirs…